The top 5 most-read stories of 2024

Rowan Pelling talks to actress Lysette Anthony about the devastating aftermath of exposing Harvey Weinstein's sexual assaults. By examining the personal and professional consequences of speaking truth to power, Anthony reveals how breaking silence came at an enormous cost – and why she still believes it was the right thing to do.

Lily Webb examines The Last Dinner Party's meteoric rise to fame. She analyses their rapid industry ascent before they’d released any music and questions whether their manufactured success represents another example of the music industry's cynical marketing of female artists.

Natalie Haynes explores the forgotten story of Hestia, the ancient Greek goddess of hearth and home. Her examination of this once-central deity's fade from mythology reveals how the quiet power of domesticity was gradually overshadowed by more dramatic divine narratives.

Anouchka Grose investigates the psychology behind modern dating's most maligned figure: the fuckboy. Her psychoanalytic insights reveal how childhood trauma and attachment issues shape these seemingly casual relationships and she sugests that a more nuanced understanding might benefit everyone.

Peter Hitchens assesses the risks of nuclear conflict in an increasingly unstable world. Drawing on his Soviet-era observations, he questions whether NATO's expansion and the West's involvement in Ukraine could trigger the unthinkable.